Timeline for Can we have a close reason for "soap-box questions"?
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| Oct 28, 2018 at 5:05 | vote | accept | EJoshuaS - Stand with Ukraine | ||
| Apr 20, 2018 at 13:02 | comment | added | Nigel J | The very existence of the site causes there to be a 'soap box' present, unavoidably. Kicking the soap box away would involve closing the site. But closing questions is sometimes a rather discrete process. I don't have to say exactly why I want to close a question. I can use my discretion. | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 5:55 | answer | added | CalebMod | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 3:29 | comment | added | EJoshuaS - Stand with Ukraine | @Susan Yes, it was replaced by "too broad" and "unclear" (there's also one on Stack Overflow for "incomplete / insufficient information"). I do think that there ought to be a "not a real question" close reason for our site that's distinct from "unclear," though - there's a difference between "you're actually looking for information from us, we just can't tell what it is" and "you're not even looking for information from us, just ranting about x" - if anything, I actually think that the latter is actually more harmful to the site. | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 2:30 | comment | added | Susan Mod | There used to be a "not a real question" close reason SE-wide. Many of us have lamented its absence. But yes, "unclear what you're asking" was intended to replace it. | |
| Mar 5, 2018 at 21:36 | history | asked | EJoshuaS - Stand with Ukraine | CC BY-SA 3.0 |